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Episode 3.14 Getting Shit Sandwiched with Vivek Shraya

In this long overdue (and also slightly late) episode, I talk to brilliant musician, writer, artist, and teacher Vivek Shraya about touring difficult books, finding more equitable ways to run your classroom, and the enduring power of the shit sandwich. And here are some links!

Vivek mentions a keynote by Neil Gaiman, in which he describes making art as “sometimes like putting messages in bottles, on a desert island, and hoping that someone will find one of your bottles and open it and read it, and put something in a bottle that will wash its way back to you: appreciation, or a commission, or money, or love.” Read that whole talk here.

And here’s a link to the excellent thread friend-of-the-show Cynara Geissler wrote about the do’s and don’ts of giving a public reading.

Finally, on the topic of student-shaming (and why it’s bullshit), here’s Aimée Morrison on those who are praised for saying “things that confirm people’s authoritarian biases and distaste for youth” and an iconic piece by Jesse Stommel on how widespread bullying is in universities.